Finley, 1 month old

Finley, it's hard to believe that you have been in our lives for one month already! You fit into our family as though you were always meant to be here! But you must stop growing so quickly. Mommy wants you to stay little forever! :)

I am stealing the cute idea from Maria Paula, to take a picture of you every month in the same chair with the same animal. That way we can really tell how much you have grown each month!

My cuties

Just some random cute pictures of my boys.

When I picked the boys up from preschool today they were clowns! I thought it was a pretty cute idea!

Bath time!

Finley LOVES getting a bath!

A trip to the Children's Museum

While Mike was still on paternity leave we took the boys to the Children's Museum at Fair Park. We had taken the boys once before, probably a year or more ago, and they still had just as much fun as the first time. We also visited the Museum of Nature and Science this time as well. They loved all of the dinosaur replicas!

Is it just me, or do they look so "grown up" here? Maybe it's the shorts?



Collin thinks he should have a bike like this at home:

Fireman Brendan:

Fireman Collin:

In front of the Nature & Science museum:

More pics

I love the expression on his face:

Cutie pie:

Brendan and Finley:

Collin and Finley:

Finley's first week home

Here are pictures from the first week home with Finley. It was SO nice having Mike home for the first two weeks!! We enjoyed every minute of it!

Lots of sleeping...




Silly big brothers:


And a little awake time:

First day home as a family of FIVE!

Ironically, I didn't take any pictures of all five of us!!
Here we are coming home from the hospital:

Big brother Collin:

Big brother Brendan:

Baby brother Finley:

And all three of the boys:

Getting to know the newest member of our family!

Our three days in the hospital were actually really good - such a different experience from Brendan & Collin's birth! I recovered well without any complications, so that made a huge difference! The nurses and staff were wonderful, and even the food was pretty good!! I did miss Brendan & Collin terribly, but they had lots of fun with Daddy and Aunt Mandy & Shelley. They were pretty shy the first day that they came to meet Finley -they weren't really sure what to think. I actually don't even have any pictures from the very first meeting because they were overwhelmed and would NOT take pictures!! I even had cute "big brother" shirts they were wearing...I guess I need to do a little photo shoot now with their cute shirts! Here are some pictures from our first few days:

Grandma and Grandpa Atok with all the boys:

Grandma Atok, Brendan & Finley

Grandma Atok, Collin and Finley

Unfortunately Grandma Engleman was very sick when Finley was born so she didn't get the opportunity to come and visit at the hospital. :( I know that was so hard for her, but she had to take care of herself to get better!

Sleeping sweetie